Thank you for all the reviews for the last chapter. I'm really glad you all liked it. So Henri's back... Yay... Not! I don't really like her and I know what you're thinking, this is my story and I didn't have to write her in but I couldn't resist. Now I would just like to say one thing in advance, I'm sorry
Chapter 26- There's no comfort in the truth
April and Heath stared at Henri in shock. Neither could believe that she had showed up again not least that she was pregnant. "What are you doing here?" Heath wondered apprehensively.
"What do you think? I'm here to pay my respects to Xavier." Henri replied in a matter-of-fact tone.
April frowned. "You barely knew him." She knew that the blonde had an ulterior motive for coming back and was extremely wary about that.
Henri ignored April's comment. "Okay well that's not the only reason that I came back... I see we have another thing in common now April." She smiled falsely as she gestured to April's stomach.
April arched an eyebrow. "'Another' thing? What else do we have in common?"
Heath's heart started beating faster. She wouldn't tell her would she? "We were actually trying to have a conversation, in private, so if you don't mind..."
Henri chuckled humourlessly. "Always trying to protect yourself, aren't you Heath? Well you seemed to have failed. Two babies? That really is dumb." She dropped the bomb.
All Heath's suspicions were confirmed. He hated Henri at that moment. She didn't care who she hurt.
April looked from Henri to Heath and back. She was praying that Heath's ex wasn't implying what she thought she was. "Heath, what is she talking about?" her stomach twisted.
Henri smiled and rubbed her pregnant stomach. "This is Heath's baby too. So I guess that makes our little ones siblings."
April felt as if she was going to be sick. She tried to swallow the lump in her throat but it wasn't working. Tears began to fill her eyes. "You're lying." April's voice was barely a whisper. She turned her gaze to Heath. "Tell me she's lying!"
Heath was lost for words. No matter how much he wanted to spare April's feelings, he couldn't deny it. Heath placed his hand on her arm. "April, I'm so sor-"
April furiously shook his hand off. "Don't touch me!" she shouted at him and turned back to Henri again. "When?" April wondered lividly, not sure if she really wanted to know the answer.
Henri's smile widened. "About four and a half months."
April shook her head. "I don't believe this." She chuckled humourlessly.
Heath tried to take her hand but she quickly pulled it out of his grasp. "April, you don't know how sorry I am. I love you. I love you and our baby."
April shook her head and began to walk away. "I have nothing to say to you know." She said venomously and left the two of them. The tears were now running freely down her cheeks.
Heath sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, frustrated. He couldn't believe this was happening. He and April's relationship had fortified so much in the past couple of months and now all that could possibly be gone. "What the hell are you playing at?"
Henri frowned. "Oh I'm sorry if you getting me pregnant is inconvenient for you." She said sarcastically.
"Don't you get that this isn't about me? I don't give a stuff about you telling me but you shouldn't have brought April into this! How stupid are you? She just watched her best friend be buried. Her nineteen year old best friend! And she blames herself for that. This is about me and you, leave her out of it." He was so angry at Henri for being so callous in telling April that she was having his baby too. "And at a funeral no less."
Henri shrugged. "Well she would have found out sooner or later. You can't just hide this from her. She has a right to know."
Heath was fuming. "Yeah but she also had a right to find out from me. You had no right to tell her like you did."
"I think you're forgetting that this is your doing!" Henri reminded him.
Heath nodded. "Yeah, it is. But you waited four months to tell me that you were having my baby! Can you blame me for being upset?"
"Well I'm telling you now. So what are we going to do?"
He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "So you just spring the fact that you're nearly five months pregnant with my child on me and expect me to have the answer to all problems automatically? Go home Henri, I'll talk to you tomorrow."
Bianca had seem her sister leave Angelo's in a hurry. She seemed upset so Bianca decided to follow her sister. Bianca finally found April down on the beach with her head in her hands. She frowned and sat down on the sand next the younger Scott. Bianca put her arm around her sister. "What's wrong?"
April sobbed. "It's Henri. She's back." She half shouted.
Bianca frowned. "And I take it that's not a good thing?"
April shook her head. "No it's not. Neither is the fact that she's pregnant with Heath's baby!"
Bianca gasped. She had not been expecting to hear that at all. Her hatred for Heath started to come out again. "She's what? How far along is she?" Bianca knew that this was exactly what her sister didn't need right now.
"Around the same as me which means Heath was sleeping with her while he was sleeping with me. I hate her so much!" April cried on her sister's shoulder. "I thought me and Heath had something special, but he was sleeping with her. What am I supposed to do now? What about my baby? What about hers? I have no idea what to do."
The older Scott made a mental note to have a little chat with Heath and Henri for that matter. Seeing April like that was breaking her heart. "I know this is a big shock for you and it's awful that you had to find out on a day like today, but no matter what happens with Heath and Henri, you'll still have me and Liam and Irene and Ruby... You won't have to deal with this on your own." Bianca promised her.
"I can't believe this is happening. Everything was going so well... I should have known that it was too good to last. More fool me."
Bianca frowned. "Hey this isn't your fault. None of this is your fault. This is Heath and Henri's fault. I hope you and Heath can work this out."
April stared out at the sea. "Yeah, well I don't know if I'm going to be able to get past this. She kept this from him for months and just decides that she'll make an appearance now. She can't do that. She's just trying to take him back. It's not fair." She cried.
Bianca hugged her sister. There were tears in her eyes as well. "I know it is." Bianca felt her sister shiver. "It's cold, we should get you home. I take it that's going to be Irene's tonight?" April nodded and Bianca helped her up. "You're going to be okay April, even if it is without Heath." She promised. Bianca would make sure of it.
All I would like to say now, as quoted from The Swan Princess my favourite childhood movie, "It's not what it seems" so I don't lose all my readers! Xx Lo